With great . Difficulty. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980.
The exception was stocks of the virus maintained in liquid nitrogen at one lab in atlanta, georgia and one lab in moscow. Both countries agreed along with the world health organization that they would destroy their remaining stocks.

Why? There are a very limited # of scientists & medical personnel who receive the vaccine because they work either with the virus or a similar virus. The American public has not received routine smallpoxvaccinations since 1972. All natural sources of smallpox have been eradicated. According to the CDC “The U.S. government has enough vaccine to vaccinate every person in the United States .”
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Why? There are a very limited # of scientists & medical personnel who receive the vaccine because they work either with the virus or a similar virus. The American public has not received routine smallpoxvaccinations since 1972. All natural sources of smallpox have been eradicated. According to the CDC “The U.S. government has enough vaccine to vaccinate every person in the United States .”
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